AMPLIFY

About this Project

AMPLIFY is a five-year Women, Peace and Security (WPS) initiative that addresses the differential impacts of conflicts and human security threats on women in Southeast Asia by advancing their meaningful participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Funding is provided by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The initiative supports the implementation of ASEAN’s Regional Plan of Action on WPS and focuses on Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar through policy development, civil society partnerships, and community-level peacebuilding. AMPLIFY further supports national decision-makers in Laos and Cambodia to achieve the following objectives:

Women, Peace and Security (WPS) is a global policy framework recognizing that the meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding and decision-making is essential to achieving peace and preventing conflict. Guided by UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and subsequent resolutions, the WPS agenda’s four pillars – participation, prevention, protection and relief and recovery – emphasize the need to protect and promote women’s rights in fragile and conflict settings. AMPLIFY takes a WPS+ approach that applies beyond situations of armed conflict, addressing human security threats.

Program and Country Briefs

  • Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar: Civil Society Organization and Community Scoping Study

  • Cambodia: Civil Society Organization and Community Scoping Study

  • Lao PDR: Civil Society Organization and Community Scoping Study

  • Myanmar: Civil Society Organization and Community Scoping Study

Featured Publication

Securing Women’s Peace: A Political Economy Analysis of Women, Peace and Security in ASEAN, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and the Philippines

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Drawing on The Asia Foundation’s Practical Guide to Political Economy Analysis and produced under the AMPLIFY program, this report applies a political economy lens to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in Lao PDR, Cambodia, the Philippines, and across ASEAN. It traces the formal rules, informal norms, and incentive structures that shape how the WPS agenda is understood, practiced, and navigated in each context, while showing how regional cooperation links these national experiences.  It finds that while formal frameworks such as national action plans and regional agreements may provide essential foundations, real progress depends on the informal space where gender norms,…

News and Highlights

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  • Lao Women’s Union and The Asia Foundation Reaffirm Partnership to Advance Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Laos 

    Lao Women’s Union and The Asia Foundation Reaffirm Partnership to Advance Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Laos 

    VIENTIANE CAPITAL, Lao PDR, January 13, 2026 — The Lao Women’s Union (LWU), represented by the Cabinet Office, and The Asia Foundation in Lao PDR (TAF) reaffirmed their long-standing partnership with […]

  • Myanmar Earthquake and Supporting Women-led Responses

    Myanmar Earthquake and Supporting Women-led Responses

    The conditions on the ground On March 28, a violent 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar, followed by a 5.5 magnitude aftershock. The humanitarian situation is dire, with casualty figures still […]

  • Amplifying the Artistic Works of Women Promoting Peace 

    Amplifying the Artistic Works of Women Promoting Peace 

    Michi Emma was in her final year of engineering school when the military coup in Myanmar turned her life upside down.   “I realized I needed to do something impactful, so […]

  • Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Cambodia

    Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Cambodia

    On 19 February, The Asia Foundation (TAF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cambodia’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs Cambodia to support the development of the National Action Plan on […]

  • Women Leaders Share Strategies for Stability in Southeast Asia 

    Women Leaders Share Strategies for Stability in Southeast Asia 

    Armed conflicts and human security threats disproportionately impact women, which is why women worldwide are leading movements for peace and the safety and well-being of their communities.   The Asia Foundation […]

  • AMPLIFY Helps Women Lead ASEAN’s Security Shift

    AMPLIFY Helps Women Lead ASEAN’s Security Shift

    AMPLIFY, a five-year Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) initiative launched in April by The Asia Foundation with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to address the […]

  • The Asia Foundation Announces New Regional Initiative to Amplify Women’s Peace Actions in ASEAN

    The Asia Foundation Announces New Regional Initiative to Amplify Women’s Peace Actions in ASEAN

    The Asia Foundation announces its partnership with the New Zealand Government on a significant 5-year regional program initiative, AMPLIFY: Amplifying women’s peace actions in ASEAN. The AMPLIFY project aims to […]

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